CogSci, Knitting, and Other Shenanigans

I am all better. (Whew!) It ended up being a quick bug, but now, just as that stress is gone, another one has popped up. It’s freaking 8th week. What the heck is going on? There are 2 weeks left of classes and 3 weeks total of school. Then we’re out of here. This feels so very messed up. Aaaaah! Okay, now that my shock has settled slightly, I need to get my tush moving on writing emails to professors asking them about internship opportunities. I should have done this weeks ago. I am wholly doomed. Okay, I cannot think that way. I must be positive. Pray for me. Please? I need an internship for when I come back from study abroad, and I need housing for then, too, and I need a job. Gosh, I “need” so much stuff. Well, here’s hoping for the best …

I moved some stuff up a little because my top bands didn’t always make sense …
nicked this from

My Top Twenty Most-Played Bands on Last.fm
1. Josh Groban
First song heard: “You’re Still You”
Fell in love with this song: “Remember When It Rained”
Current favorite song: “Mi Morena”

2. Vienna Teng
First song heard: “Momentum” or “The Tower”
Fell in love with this song: “Momentum”
Current favorite song: “Harbor”

3. Altar Boyz
First song heard: “We Are The Altar Boyz”
Fell in love with this song: “I Believe”
Current favorite song: “Girl, You Make Me Want To Wait”

4. Duncan Sheik
First song heard: “Barely Breathing”
Fell in love with this song: “For You”
Current favorite song: “Star-field On Red Lines”

5. William Joseph
First song heard: I can’t remember what I heard first when he opened for Josh Groban
Fell in love with this song: “Homeward Bound”
Current favorite song: N/A

6. Blue
First song heard: “All Rise”
Fell in love with this song: “Sorry Seems To Be The Hardest Word” (feat. Elton John)
Current favorite song: “Curtain Falls”

7. VS
First song heard: “Love You Like Mad”
Fell in love with this song: “If You Leave Me Now”
Current favorite song: “If You Leave Me Now”

8. Nick Drake
First song heard: “Pink Moon”
Fell in love with this song: “Road”
Current favorite song: “Fly”

9. Brad Wolfe and the Moon
First song heard: No idea what the first song in his set was …
Fell in love with this song: “Caroline”
Current favorite song: “Knock Knock”

10. Josh Rouse
First song heard: “Love Vibration”?
Fell in love with this song: “Sunshine (Come On Lady)”
Current favorite song: “Life”

11. Dartmouth Aires
First song heard: no clue.
Fell in love with this song: “Remix To Ignition” (R. Kelly cover)
Current favorite song: “Remix To Ignition” — it’s a guilty pleasure

12. The Contes
First song heard: I don’t remember.
Fell in love with this song: “So Much For Love”
Current favorite song: “The Diner Song”

13. James Taylor
First song heard: I don’t remember this either!
Fell in love with this song: “Fire & Rain”
Current favorite song: “Fire & Rain”

14. Anne Davis
First song heard: “Where The Roads Cross” (on the Catholic Insider)
Fell in love with this song: “Where The Roads Cross”
Current favorite song: “Temple Of Contradictions”

15. Backstreet Boys
First song heard: “Quit Playing Games With My Heart”
Fell in love with this song: “Tears in Heaven”
Current favorite song: “Music Without A Song”

16. Switchfoot
First song heard: “Meant To Live”
Fell in love with this song: “Redemption”
Current favorite song: “Let That Be Enough”

17. Alexi Murdoch
First song heard: “Orange Sky”
Fell in love with this song: “Song For You”
Current favorite song: “Orange Sky”

18. The Beatles
First song heard: No clue.
Fell in love with this song: “Yesterday”
Current favorite song: Can’t pick. Something around “Eleanor Rigby”, “Penny Lane”, “In My Life”, “Here Comes The Sun”, “All You Need Is Love”, “Let It Be” … 🙂

19. Elliott Smith
First song heard: “Miss Misery”
Fell in love with this song: “Miss Misery”
Current favorite song: “Between The Bars”

20. Rockapella
First song heard: “Where In The World Is Carmen Sandiego”
Fell in love with this song: “Hard To Say I’m Sorry”
Current favorite song: “Shambala”

Unh … I feel completely and utterly crappy. I have a headache, of which I am most definitely not a fan, and my stomach is all twingy. I managed some chicken noodle soup, orange juice, and water, but we’ll see what’s up with that. Hopefully this is a temporary bug … not on of those colds that plagues a person forever. :knockonwood: I got the hint when I was really tired at my cousin’s apartment. Then, the hot hot sun felt so amazing on my back, and while everyone else was happy about the coolness of the Cox Arena for my cousin’s graduation, all I could do was shiver. Gah. Now I just feel warm, because I’ve bundled up in a sweatshirt and sweatpants. I look like a mess. Admittedly not too horrible considering I slept from about the time I got home (7:30 PM?) to 10:15 PM or so. Long nap. Then I figured I had to eat. Eh … why do I have to get sick. I was doing so well this quarter! … I fail. Oh well … I guess this is just a sign that I need an R&R weekend. What’s funny is that I swear I have bearly done anything these last few weeks. I felt like such a lazy bum. Today started a string of seeing family. This week, my mom’s brother’s family (he’s the oldest) for his middle daughter’s college commencement. Next weekend, my two aunts and my cousin (but they’re not her mother) are coming down for Memorial Day. I can’t say I’m completely looking forward to it, because it means hanging out with her boyfriend. Ever here of family-only time? The first weekend of June, I’m flying home for my sister’s high school graduation.

Finished writing a midterm this morning. Didn’t go to class, but it was apparently a good day to miss. I found this article last night. I’m linking it here both to remember it and let other people read it. It appealed to the Asian-American in me.

I should stop knitting so goddamn much. I need to read US History and MMW and Vis. I need to work on my program. But no, I knit the whole day through. I’m doomed. I have two midterms on Friday. A program due that day, too (6 AM might as well be Thursday night). I need to get my ass in gear. I need to do paperwork. God help me. Please.